As a European it’s now 4th July, so felt it was the right time to post
I really like 4th of July. But I wish fireworks were illegal. Why can’t everyone just buy a cake or have a house party and watch a movie or 2 and call it a night.
Seeing an actual professional pyrotechnics show = awesome. I have great memories of going down to the civic park and just laying back in the grass and watching the show. So much fun.
Listening to dipshits and kids in my neighborhood fuck around with illegal fireworks and maybe start a fire or hurt themselves, while my dog cowers and whines = fuck that shit.
I’ve always thought that we do it because it’s safer than firing guns into the air.
And to be fair, both options are safer than just walking around with a torch igniting buildings and people.
Yes but burning mansions to the ground is also an American tradition.
It’s actually growing more and more popular to ban fireworks in cities and counties.
There are always people that bitch about their right to set off uncontrolled explosives during the height of fire season in residential areas, but overall, it’s truly growing more common to see them banned.
My city is one, for example. And while it’s awesome to know that you can’t set them off inside the city limits, that doesn’t stop people from crossing the city line and setting shit off in that grocery store parking lot.
almost happened to my cousin when we were teenagers
firecracker exploded in his hand and we all immediately went into full panic mode
luckily there was no permanent damage but I don’t trust any fireworks since then
Fuck every one of you motherfuckers who traumatize my dogs every year.
Last Christmas one of my office coworkers brother died from a fireworks explosion. It was tragic. Aparently, they had made a bigger firework by combining the powder of smaller ones. He had in his hand when it went off. He spent about 10 days in the hospital before succumbing to his injuries near his abdomen and hands. RIP.
Firecrackers are fun but they are no joke.
He opened, combined the material from multiple fireworks, and then died from the explosion? Yikes. That’s terrible.
A long while ago when I was a dumb teenager one of my buddies lit a firework and then just stood there holding it like a dumbfuck. Finally he threw it, it went off about half a second after leaving his hand, which he drew back IN MY FACE to throw. Less than a second from being blind. No more firecrackers after that.
To be fair, that’s everyday. People don’t limit their firework usage to the Fourth.
Always some going off in early July and late June.
Don’t you have laws? Fireworks are only legal to the public for the new year in most of France.
As a kid my state didn’t permit or sell projectile type fireworks to the public. Just fountain, snakes, sparklers, etc. But that didn’t stop us, or anyone, from just driving into the next state over to get the good stuff then come on back to where they were illegal to fire them off.
Some places, despite any potential law, don’t care one way or another. Where I grew up no one cared so long as you didn’t cause a fire. That was rural though. In general those areas operate differently.
Where I live now is a suburb. I could get away with doing some fireworks on a non-holiday but doing too much of a display or too frequently and I would likely run into issues. Though doesn’t stop some people.
I feel for the illiterate minorty of Americans (according to another post) that will be limited to counting to lower numbers than 10.
I’d be shocked if people haven’t already lost fingers this weekend. I just read an article that listed off a few incidents including a guy who took a mortar to the face, and two people being rushed to the hospital after causing a large enough explosion that their house was condemned.
I already had M80s going off in my neighborhood on the 1st, a lot more last night. The entire week surrounding the 4th is a nightmare
WE ONLY NEED ONE TO TELL YOU OUR OPINION!!! AROOOOOO!!!
Jk, you’re not wrong. I used to hate being on call over the holiday weekend — even as an IT guy, more patients meant more users active on the servers.
Just so you know op, on lemmy you can edit your title
I can’t believe this still isn’t an option on Reddit
Reddit
Never heard of it.
I know of someone who peaked over the mortar because it didn’t appear to go off … then boooom… his head exploded because it shot out right as he peaked over it … the neighbors were finding skull and brain matter for days. Also the wife and kids were present. I’m fairly certain the 4th of July is traumatizing for them.
Jesus… that’s horrific… at least he didn’t suffer
America can’t hold a Roman candle to Holland at New Years. I know my way around fuerwerken but the Dutch go absolutely next level. I was completely amazed.
I live up the street from a hospital and lemme tell ya, the meat wagons were out in force last night between sundown and midnight.
As I prepare to not sleep for the next two days.
Here in Quebec they’re ban because of forest fire so we get to keep our fingers (at the cost of permanent lung damage)!
